Manure-spreader.



F. E. SHIELDS.

MANURE SPREADER. APPLICATION rum) saw. 19, 1901.

898,934. r l atented Sept 15,1908.

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F. E. SHIELDS.

MANURE smmwnn, APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1901. 898 93% Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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3" center F. E. SHIELDS. MANURB SPREADER. APPLICATION nun) sin. 19. 1 01.

Patznted Sept'15, 19.08

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FRED l'l. SHIELDS, OF MASSENA, IOWA.

MA.NU1lE-SPR EADEB.

,' Application Bled September 19, 1907. Serial No. 393,665.

To all whom. it may concern:

lle it known that tl, FRED E. Stumps, a citizen of the United States, residing at M assena, in the county of Cass, State of Iowa, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Spreaders; and I do hereby decla-re the following to he a full, clear, and exact deseri )tion of the inventionfsuch us will enable others skilled in the art to which it apnertnins to make and use the some.

his invention relates to new and useful un rovcments m manure Spreaders, and d1strl uters and it has particular reference to a that side of the wagon from which the operaive parts are driven. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation looking at the op osite side of the wagon. Fig. 5 is a detaile view of the supporting frame. Fig. :5 is a fragmentary view illustrating a detail of the invention.

Referrinq to the accent snving drnwin s, the numertu t3 designates t 1e wagon, and t as numeral 7 deswnates the traction wheels Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1908.

are connected by an arch shaped member 15 i which is employed to strengthen the snrne.' Between the bars 10 and 13 at their junction and the lower end of the bars 12, diagonal braces 16' are interposed, and the latter have connection as nt 17 with the respective bars 11. The bars 10 are preferably of hollow rectan 'ulrtr construct ionend uponthe rearg? justably mounted, the latter corryin suit-' nbly' constructed bearings 21, in which a transverse shaft 22 is journuled. At the ends of the shaft 22 are mounted spiders 23 which one end thereof, it sprocket wheel 30 and at the other end thereof, a worm wheel 3!. The bars 12, at their lower ends have 0011- motion with hangers 32 which support a transverse shaft 33, the otter carrying mechanism of this class which includes e. concoufornmbly support transverse beams 24, 15 veyer movable longitudinally of n wagon, a the lnttorbeing prpvided with mdi ll reel u on which the conveyor is wounr and jet-ting teeth 25 wlticliTiE'tTiihuttrt-hama-nure a toot red drum or cylinder-.for throwing the from the rear end of th won, manure from the wagon. The her .1 5 carries it rake head 15 provided In connection with an apparatus conwith downwardly inclined teeth .25 which co- 7 20 structed generally as obove described, th operate with the teeth 25 to eonuninute the invention auns as n 'prmwry loct t0 P manure as it is discharged from the wagon. vide a novel construction, combination and Th b 11, n1. their mar ends are curved arrangement of ports, the details of which d dl as at, 26 and are constructed will appear in the course of the following dewith bearings 27 in which a transverse shaft 2 5 script-ion in 'lllflll referenceis htlkl U) the at: 28 is journfllmL For the purpose of rain.- companying drawings forming a art of this f ing the rear end of the wagon bod specification. like characters of re erence destransverse bar 6 is emplo ed and which is ignttting similar parts throughout the several supported therebeneath, he bar 6 is formed views, wherein: at its ends with rearwerdly rejecting arms 30 Figure l is a top Plt'rtt view showing the 1;" which are rigidly secured t0 the bars 12 manner of use of a manure spreader 0011- and adjacent the arms 26 with arms 28' of structed in accordance with the present ingreater length which are formed to surround vent-ion. Pg. 3 is on end elevation thereof. d bra e the shaft 23. The latter carries .ltig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation looking at between said bars procket, wheels 29 and at,

tween said hangers sprockets 34 and at one end thereof a loose sprocket35 which is engs ed by a friction clutch member 36 provided on the end of the shaft 33.

thereof one of which carries the drive The conveyor is constituted of parhllel sprocket'8. chains 38 carrying the usual transverse slats The apparatus comprehended in the pres- 39 for forcing the material to the rear end of ent invemitn is designated generally hv the the wagon. The chains 38 are trained over numeral 9 and con'iprises essentially a frame the sprocket wheels 29 of thershaft 28 and and operutin elements carried h reby. k are engaged with the sprocket wheels 34 of 59 The f rarne in ludes parallel upper lsizi lower the shaft 33, the last named sprocket wheels,

side lMU'S 10 and 11 arranged in pairs and coni together with said shaft 33, constituting a nected by an elongated verticai bar 12, and a winding rrcl for the chain. The shaft 22 shorter vertical be; 13. The burs 12 and '13 projects at one end beyond its bearings 21 qlre constructed at their upper ends with ief and carried a sprocket wheel 40 and a chain (i'uryate hooks 14 which are designed to en- 41 is trained over the some and an idle! gage-the sides of the wagon and the bars 12 sprocket 42 mounted upon it, stud 43 proat 50 to the vertical arm 48 of a vided at the end of a bar 44. The latter at its rear/end carries a suitable yoke .45 which ivotally surrounds the projectingend of the shaft 22. Pivoted to the adjacent bar 11 is a handlever 46, which at some distance above its connection with the bar 11, is piv'oted to' a link 47 and -he latter is in turn ivoted as ell crank lever provided with a horizontal arm 49. The arm 49 has ivotal connection with the bar 44 and it will e apparent that movement of the lever 46 rcarwardly, will, through the connections described, result in raising said bar on the shaf .22 as a pivot, whereby the chain 41 will 6 lifte out of engagement with the sprocket S with which it is normally engaged to drive the operative parts.

Means are provided for operating the bar 44 to throw the machine out of gear from the front end of the wagon and with this object in view, alever 46 is pivoted adjacent the driver's seat and has connection by a link 46" with the lever 46 above the pivot of the latter. The lever 46: works about a rack uadrant 47 and has a. trigger operated paw 48 for engagement with said rack quadrant. Automatic means are provided for operating the bar 44 to'throw'the machine out of car at the completion of the rearward trave of the conve er and withthis object in view one ofthe claims 38 carries a casting 38' which overhangs one side of the wagon and is constructed with a depending portion having a pro'ection 38 which engages the lever 46 at t 1e termination of the rearward movement of the conveyor.

The frame has one of its bars 10, constructed with a curved member 51 mounted for pivotal adjustment and which is constructed wit-h bearings 51 for an inclined shaft 5'2 carrying at its upper end a slidabl inion 53 which is in mes l with a similar c iangeable speed pinion 54 provided on theend of the shaft 22 and havmg two or more concentric rows of cogs. The shaft 52, adjacent its lower end carries a worm 55, which meshes with the worm wheel 3L A hand lever 52 his connection by means of a link 53" with the member 51 wherebv, upon proper. movement of said lever, the worm 55 may be moved into or out of engagement with the worm wheel 31, in the respective forward or reverse movement of the conveyer, The wagon supports at its front end a transverse shaft 56 carrying a pulley 57 to which the ropes 58 are connected. The ropes 55 are in turn connected to the chains 38. The shaft 56 carries at its projecting end a crank handle 59 adjacent the drivfirs seat. Pripr to loading the wagon the shaft 56 is rotated by means of the crank handle 59 to unwind the convever from the reel above described, whereby the same may have the greatest nmplitnde-of action.

The manner of use will be readily apparent from the foregoing descriplionl As the wagon traverses the field. the chain 41 is driven from the s rocket wheel 8 and in such action revolves t 1e distributing drum at a high rate of speed. The shaft 22 of the latter through the gear connections described, actuates the oonveyer at a much lower speed to feed the material rcarwardly for action by the distributing drum. The entire apparatus mav be thrown out of gear by cperat-. ing the lever 46 in the manner above described. It is preferred to assemble the a paratus upon a wagon by connecting t e Jars 11 by a transverse bar 63 which is held beneath the wogon in any suitable manner.

The .device may be readily assembled or disassembled without in ant way marring or affecting the assem' iage of the. parts of the wagon, is vsimple in' its structural details, comparatively i'nex cnsive to manufactureand practical and ecient in use. Fmm the foregoing description it will be seen that simple and efficient means are pIU-l vided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements heroin shown and described are. well adapted to serve the functions set forth, it is obvious that various minor changes may he made in the proportions, shape and arrangement of the several parts] without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as de fined in the'anpended claims.

What is claimed is: a

1. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a frame including upper and lower parallel bars at each side thereof, ver-' tical bars connecting the respective pairs of upper and lower bars, said vertical bars having rccurvate upper ends, a brace member arranged transversely of said frame, said upper bars being constructed at thcir rear ends with bearings, a tran verse shaft journalcd in said hearings, a distrihutin cylinder mounted on said shaft, said lower hers having their rear ends constructed with beer ings, a second transverse shaf t supported between said bearingrs,sprocketwheclsmounted on said second trnnsvcrsc shaft, a conveyor including parallcl chains trained over said sprocket wheels, the rear ends of said vertical bars being provided with hearings at their lower ends; winding shaft journaled no i the Combination with a wagon boilv. of a frame havm u )n-r and lowvr )arallel bars D II at each side therrof, Ti'IHCBl bins connecting the said upper and lower bars. each of said w-rticnl ham having hooks for detuchnbly connecting the frame to the wagon body, a distributing drum carried by the frame, a nil-u.- head on the frame. a cunvoyur mus-hanism receiving the load within the wagon and mounted on the frame, means for driving snid distributing drum, and driving means beiu i-vn said distributing drum and conveyor mechanism.

3. In an apparatus 0f the class described,

the combination with a wagon hodv, of a frame having upper and lower parallel bars at each side thereof, \Hlltfil bars connectin the smd upper and lower ham, each of sin vertical bars having hooks for d'etnclmbly connecting the [ran-"1a to L-he wagon l distributing drum carried by the frame, a rake head on the frame, a'conveyer mechanism receiving the load within the wagon and mounted upon the frame, means for driving said distributing drum, driving means b0 tween said distributing drum and the con voyor mechanism, and imlvpnndent manually operable means for releasing the driving menus for the distributing drum and the convever mechanism.

11 testimony whereof, I aill'x my signature, in presence of two witnesses. 1

FRED SHIELDS.

\Vit-nssos:

D. P. IIOGAN, JoANuA WAGNER. 

